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The kanji 来: meaning, readings and stroke order
来
- Meaning
- come
- On reading
- ライ rai
- Kun reading
- く（る） kuru、きた（る） kitaru、きた（す） kitasu
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 木 tree
- Level
- Level 2 · grade 2
- Old form
- 來
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- đến, tới (lai)
- Japanese
- くる。
- Korean
- 오다 (래)
- Chinese
- 来
Readings, words and example sentences
ライ rai · on reading
来年
next year
来年 中学生に なります。
Next year I will start junior high.
く（る） kuru · kun reading
来る
to come
午後 友だちが 家に 来ます。
My friend is coming to my house this afternoon.
きた（る） kitaru · kun reading · less common
来る
coming, next (formal)
来る 十日に 会を 行います。
The meeting will be held on the coming tenth.
きた（す） kitasu · kun reading · less common
来す
to cause, to lead to
大雨が 電車の うんこうに みだれを 来しました。
The heavy rain caused trouble for the trains.
Practise writing 来 in the app
In Dino Kids your child writes 来 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 2 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.
Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.